- From: Matthias Schunter <mts@zurich.ibm.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:42:47 +0100
- To: "public-tracking@w3.org" <public-tracking@w3.org>
Hi Team, As indicated during our 2011-11-30 telco, I'd like to move this issue from "Pending Review" to "Closed" during our 2011-12-21 telco. Regards, matthias ISSUE What is the default for DNT in client configuration (opt-in or opt-out)? PROPOSED LANGUAGE in FPWD: The goal of this protocol is to allow a user to express their personal preference regarding cross-site tracking to each server and web application that they communicate with via HTTP, thereby allowing each server to either adjust their behavior to meet the user's expectations or reach a separate agreement with the user to satisfy both parties. Key to that notion of expression is that it must reflect the user's preference, not the preference of some institutional or network-imposed mechanism outside the user's control. The remainder of this specification defines the protocol in terms of whether DNT is enabled or not enabled. We do not specify how that preference is configured: the user agent is responsible for determining the user experience by which this preference is set. For example, a user might configure their own user agent to tell servers "do not track me cross-site", install a plug-in or extension that is specifically designed to add that expression, or make a choice for privacy that then implicitly includes a tracking preference (e.g., "Privacy settings: high"). For each of these cases, we say that DNT is enabled.
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